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Even a graphomaniac is an extremely complicated person.
Wislawa Szymborska
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Wislawa Szymborska
Age: 88 †
Born: 1923
Born: July 2
Died: 2012
Died: February 1
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Maria Wisława Anna Szymborska
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They say the first sentence in any speech is always the hardest. Well, that one's behind me, anyway.
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Something doesn't start at its usual time. Something doesn't happen as it should. Someone was always, always here, then suddenly disappeared and stubbornly stays disappeared.
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I'd have to be really quick to describe clouds - a split second's enough for them to start being something else.
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I started earning a living as a poet rather early on.
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Generally speaking, life is so rich and full of variety you have to remember all the time that there is a comical side to everything.
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Secret codes resound. Doubts and intentions come to light.
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I like being near the top of a mountain. One can't get lost here.
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Sometimes I write quickly, sometimes I spend several weeks on a single poem. I would really love for readers not to be able to guess which of the poems took so much work!
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Out of every hundred people, those who always know better: fifty-two.
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Every beginning is only a sequel, after all, and the book of events is always open halfway through.
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Their faith will make it easier for them to live and die.
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Nothing's a gift, it's all on loan
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Get to know other worlds, if only for comparison.
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This terrifying world is not devoid of charms, of the mornings that make waking up worthwhile.
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Poorly prepared for the dignity of life, I barely keep up with the pace of the action imposed. Reality demands.
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I cannot imagine any writer who would not fight for his peace and quiet.
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I prefer the absurdity of writing poems to the absurdity of not writing poems.
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In every tragedy, an element of comedy is preserved. Comedy is just tragedy reversed.
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They say the first love's most important. That's very romantic, but not my experience.
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Loveless work, boring work, work valued only because others haven't got even that much, however loveless and boring - this is one of the harshest human miseries.
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